2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Alcohol Consumption

During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any
alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?

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  Total
Respond.^
No drinks 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,419 2,336 52.0 50.2-53.9 532 13.0 11.8-14.3 606 13.8 12.6-15.1 712 16.2 14.9-17.6 233 5.0 4.3- 5.9
Medicaid Region 6 821 460 55.0 50.6-59.3 109 13.3 10.6-16.4 91 10.6 8.3-13.5 116 15.3 12.2-18.9 45 5.8 3.8- 8.8
GENDER
Male 374 174 48.2 41.7-54.8 45 11.8 8.4-16.5 47 10.3 7.3-14.3 77 20.1 15.3-25.9 31 9.6 5.9-15.1
Female 447 286 61.6 55.6-67.2 64 14.7 11.0-19.4 44 11.0 7.7-15.3 39 10.6 7.3-15.1 14 2.2 1.1- 4.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 524 268 50.1 44.7-55.4 76 16.3 12.6-20.8 60 11.2 8.2-15.0 87 17.2 13.5-21.7 33 5.2 3.4- 7.9
Non-Hispanic Black 221 146 63.7 54.8-71.8 25 8.4 5.2-13.4 21 9.5 5.9-15.1 21 12.7 7.4-21.0 *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 258 114 44.2 37.0-51.6 42 14.3 10.2-19.6 40 14.8 10.5-20.3 49 20.4 15.1-26.8 13 6.4 3.2-12.5
45-64 293 171 62.1 54.8-69.0 35 12.3 8.0-18.4 32 9.0 6.1-13.0 44 12.9 8.6-19.0 11 3.7 1.8- 7.4
65+ 261 169 67.8 60.5-74.3 31 11.7 7.8-17.2 17 4.2 2.4- 7.3 23 8.6 5.3-13.7 21 7.7 4.4-13.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 334 216 62.9 56.1-69.1 43 12.7 8.9-17.7 29 8.9 5.8-13.3 31 10.5 6.9-15.8 15 5.1 2.7- 9.5
Some Post-H.S. 245 136 51.9 44.1-59.7 32 13.2 8.8-19.3 25 10.8 6.9-16.4 38 18.0 12.4-25.3 14 6.1 2.7-13.1
College Graduate 242 108 42.6 35.4-50.2 34 14.8 10.2-20.9 37 14.4 10.0-20.4 47 21.1 15.4-28.3 16 7.0 3.7-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 407 250 57.8 51.4-63.8 47 11.2 7.9-15.5 45 12.9 9.2-17.8 43 11.4 7.7-16.5 22 6.8 4.0-11.3
$50,000+ 265 107 41.0 33.5-49.0 50 19.3 14.0-26.0 29 8.9 5.8-13.6 61 24.3 18.1-31.8 18 6.4 3.0-13.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 149 103 74.0 64.8-81.4 12 7.4 3.6-14.5 17 7.7 4.5-12.8 12 8.6 4.4-16.1 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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